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Title
The Building Worker
Date
2006
Medium
bronze & granite
Accession number
EC3N_AM_S657
Acquisition method
commissioned by UCATT (Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians)
Work type
Statue
Owner
UCATT (Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians)
Custodian
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
11th October 2006
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque to front of plinth: THE BUILDING WORKER / For the thousands of building workers who have lost their lives at work, / we commemorate you. / For the thousands of building workers who are today / building and rebuilding towns and cities across the United Kingdom, / we celebrate you. / Unveiled by / Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London and Alan Ritchie, UCATT General Secretary / on the / 11th October 2006 / Sculptor: Alan Wilson
